Models for Curriculum Development – Chapter 5

The three models of curriculum development in the book are descriptive and prescriptive.

The Tyler Expanded Model uses three sources: student, society, and subject matter. The student source is for teachers to find and critique data relevant to student needs and interest. The society source is for teachers to develop classifications that divide life into categories. The subject matter source is from the subject matter specialists. After the research phase, you screen your general objects of Philosophy of Education and Psychology of learning to get your precise instructional objectives. After the objectives are decided, you need to select the learning experience, organize the learning experience, direct the learning experience and evaluate the learning experience.